About this Event
BAAITS & Weaving Spirits present a Two-Spirit & IndigeQueer Artists Showcase
Saturday, June 29, 4:00-6:00 PM
Mission Cultural Center (MCCLA)
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
MC & performance by Landa Lakes (Chickasaw). Featuring Papi Churro (Coahuiltecan, Nahua-Otomi), Sky Duncan (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan, San Carlos Apache), Jaylene Tyme (Treaty 4 - Zagimē Anishinabek, Kawacatoose, Métis, Green Lake Saskatchewan), and Sky (Paiute, Shoshone).
About the Artists:
Landa Lakes is a Chickasaw writer, musician, activist and artist. Landa has founded several drag performance groups in San Francisco, including the Brush Arbor Gurlz and House of Glitter. She is a former Grand Duchess of San Francisco, Miss Gay Indian Nations, Miss Montana Two-Spirits, and other titles.
Papi Churro is an Oakland based, Two-Spirit Drag King and Cultural Activist from Coahuiltecan and Nahua-Otomi heritage. When he's not fighting for Indigenous Peoples causes and the world's injustices, he's invoking his Divine Masculine energy and lighting the stages on fire. He's the current reigning High King Supreme 2023 for Seattle's Emerald City Kings Ball.
Sky Duncan is a mixed-media artist & dancer. Sky’s preferred gender pronouns are they/he/she. Sky is from Mesa, Arizona, and is Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan, and San Carlos Apache tribes.
He began dancing at a very early age, as part of his family dance group, YellowBird Productions. His father being an art teacher, and mother being a museum director, Sky has always been in and around indigenous culture.
Sky has been a hoop-dance instructor for the past 6 years, teaching at the Pueblo of Pojoaque, Ballet Arizona, and the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community.
This past February, Sky took part as one of the Head Two-Spirit Dancers at the 13th Annual Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit Pow Wow (BAAITS) in San Francisco. Sky also competed in the 34th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Competition and placed 6th in the adult division.
Jaylene Tyme is a proud Two-Spirit, sober Indigenous Trans woman and leader within the 2SLGBTQQIA+ and recovery community. A Sixties Scoop surviver- she was raised by settlers with ancestral family roots in Treaty 4 - Zagimē Anishinabek First Nation, Kawacatoose First Nation and Métis Nation, Green Lake Saskatchewan.
As a member of Vancouver's diverse and fabulous Drag community, Jaylene holds the title of Elder Princess 27 of the Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society, Empress 35 of Vancouver BC, Czarina of the First Nations of Canada and presently serves as Chairperson of the International Court Council- 1st in line of succession-Heir Apparent to Queen Mother I of the Americas Empress Nicole the Great.
Jaylene is a research coordinator with the Community Based Research Centre (CBRC) Two-Spirit Program. She also contributes to Indigenous healing ceremonies for the Two- Spirit population of Federal Justice System Corrections and has shared teachings for Canadian Government training on diversity, inclusion and reconciliation.
She feels that it is important to celebrate the power of community by contributing to the energy of our world with passion, integrity and positivity. Together with each other, we have the opportunity to inspire and educate. Our identities, beautifully diverse and wonderfully unique.
Sky is a California based entertainer hailing from the Paiute and Shoshone tribes of northern Nevada. Beginning in 2016, they began their dance journey throughout the Bay Area’s ballroom, drag and gogo communities. After building a name known for bringing performances ranging from broody and sultry to electric and steamy, they began to create environments prioritizing BIPOC LGBTQIA+ artists, audiences and community organizers. Their projects as well as their stage presence continue to pointedly express their fluidly dynamic approach to gender, sexuality and indigeneity.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, United States
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